BY THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON
THE LORD BRABAZON OF TARA
THE LORD DIXON-SMITH

349

Page 274, leave out lines 14 and 15 and insert--

(""(4) This section does not apply in relation to London where the London Development Agency shall have regard to the views of and regularly consult with small, medium and large businesses in London and with their representative bodies."")

BY THE LORD WHITTY

349A

Page 274, line 22, leave out ("In")

349B

Page 274, line 22, at end insert ("shall be amended as follows.

(2) At the beginning there shall be inserted "(1)".

(3) In the subsection (1) so formed,")

349C

Page 274, line 24, at end insert--

("(4) After the subsection (1) so formed there shall be inserted--

(2) The Secretary of State may, with the approval of the Treasury, make to the Greater London Authority grants of such amounts, and on such terms, as he thinks fit.

(3) Any grant made under subsection (2) shall be made for the purposes of the London Development Agency."")

BY THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON
THE LORD BRABAZON OF TARA
THE LORD DIXON-SMITH

350

Page 275, line 26, at end insert--

("(8) The report shall include the criteria used by the London Development Agency for granting financial support to other institutions."")

351

Page 276, line 1, leave out paragraph 14

352

Page 276, line 39, leave out from beginning to end of line 3 on page 277

BY THE LORD COPE OF BERKELEY
THE VISCOUNT ASTOR
THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON
THE LORD DIXON-SMITH

354A

Page 277, line 31, leave out ("twelve") and insert ("six")

354B

Page 277, line 32, at end insert--

("(aa) six shall be persons appointed by a joint committee of the London boroughs under paragraph 2A,")

354C

Page 277, line 38, leave out ("members of the London Assembly")

354D

Page 277, line 39, at end insert ("and paragraph 2A")

354E

Page 277, line 42, at end insert--

("(3) One half of the number provided for under paragraph (1)(2)(a) shall be appointed under paragraph 2 and one half of the number provided for under paragraph (1)(2)(a) shall be appointed under paragraph 2A.

(4) If the number provided for under paragraph (1)(2)(a) is an odd number then the members appointed under paragraph 2 shall be greater in number by one than the members appointed under paragraph 2A.")

354F

Page 277, line 45, leave out ("Mayor of London") and insert ("London Assembly")

354G

Page 278, leave out lines 1 to 3

354H

Page 278, line 4, leave out from beginning to ("shall") in line 5 and insert ("The Chair of the London Assembly")

354J

Page 278, line 6, leave out ("he") and insert ("it")

354K

Page 278, line 7, at end insert--

("2A.--(1) The members of the Metropolitan Police Authority referred to in paragraph 1(3) shall be appointed by a joint committee consisting of persons appointed by the London boroughs from among their own members.

(2) The number of members of the joint committee, and the number of those members to be appointed by each London borough, shall be such as the boroughs may agree or, in the absence of agreement, as may be determined by the Secretary of State.

(3) The joint committee shall exercise its powers to appoint members of the Metropolitan Police Authority under this paragraph so as to ensure that, so far as practicable, the members for whose appointment it is responsible reflect the balance of parties for the time being prevailing among the members of the London boroughs taken as a whole.")

354L

Page 278, line 16, at end insert--

("3A. The members of the Metropolitan Police Authority shall exercise their powers to appoint members under paragraph 3(3)(a) so as to ensure that, so far as is practicable, where members for whose appointments they are responsible are members of political parties, their numbers reflect the balance of parties for the time being prevailing among members of the London Assembly.")

354M

Page 279, line 8, at end insert--

("(5) A panel or joint committee shall exercise its power to appoint members of the Metropolitan Police Authority under sub-paragraph (2) or (3) so as to ensure that, so far as is practicable, where members for whose appointments they are responsible are members of political parties, their numbers reflect the balance of parties for the time being prevailing among members of the London Assembly.")

BY THE LORD COPE OF BERKELEY
THE VISCOUNT ASTOR
THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON
THE LORD DIXON-SMITH

354MC*

Insert the following new Clause--

(" .--(1) In the absence of agreement between the Police Authorities for Essex, Hertfordshire and Surrey and the Metropolitan Police Authority about the transfer of land, buildings, capital and other assets from the Metropolitan Police to the other authorities, the Secretary of State shall make an order to determine what transfers shall take place.

(2) No order under this section shall be made unless a statutory instrument containing a draft of the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.")

Transfer of
assets from
Metropolitan
Police Authority.

354MD*

Insert the following new Clause--

(" . No police officer shall be seconded from the metropolitan police to another police force unless the metropolitan police has been certified by the Chief Inspector of Constabulary as having sufficient officers to perform its duties.")

BY THE LORD COPE OF BERKELEY
THE VISCOUNT ASTOR
THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON
THE LORD DIXON-SMITH

354N

Page 292, line 30, at end insert--

("Pensions liabilities

. After section 14 of the Police Act 1996 there shall be inserted--

("Pensions liabilities of Metropolitan Police Authority.

14A. The liabilities of the Metropolitan Police Authority in relation to pensions being paid subject to regulations made under the Police Pensions Act 1976 to or in respect of persons who, having served as members of police forces, have ceased so to serve, shall be met out of moneys provided by Parliament.".")

354P

Page 298, line 36, leave out paragraph 98

BY THE BARONESS HAMWEE
THE LORD CLEMENT-JONES
THE BARONESS THOMAS OF WALLISWOOD

BY THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON
THE LORD BRABAZON OF TARA
THE LORD DIXON-SMITH

355

Page 138, line 27, at end insert ("and shall have the same duties as its predecessor Authority")

356

Page 139, line 24, at end insert--

("( ) In the provision of its services the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority will not pursue reclamation of the costs of a call-out of the fire service for services which are not related to the suppression of a fire.")

BY THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON
THE LORD BRABAZON OF TARA
THE LORD DIXON-SMITH

357

Insert the following new Clause--

(" . The London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority shall provide annually, within three months of the end of its financial year, a report to the Authority which sets out its performance in fulfilling its functions, its financial report and any Audit Commission recommendations with regard to its performance.")

. In section 17 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (duty of certain authorities in exercising their functions) in subsection (2) (which specifies the authorities) after "a joint authority," there shall be inserted "the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority,".")